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A Conversation with Salma Abdelnour
Salma Abdelnour published her first book, Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut, this month. … Read the full post
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Four Exciting Upcoming Art Books
When in danger of a text tizzy at BEA, I retreated to the seductive arms of the art publishers’ … Read the full post
If I Were Susan Orlean
I don’t usually fantasize about being in someone else’s shoes. No green-tinged daydreams about … Read the full post
Beds with Bookshelves (or How to be a Bookish Insomniac)
My grandmother had what I considered the world’s most decadent bed. It wasn’t topped with swansdown … Read the full post
Things I Found in My Books
During a recent book-packing spree, I naturally couldn’t resist flipping through a novel or twenty. … Read the full post
Un-PC Books That Are Still Awesome
I’m grateful to Christopher Hitchens for many things, but one that stays with me is an introduction … Read the full post
Bookstore Mash Note: City Lights Books
Whenever I’m asked about my devotion to City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, my reply tends to … Read the full post
In Literature’s Debt
Tax season: those febrile weeks of running numbers, grimacing at bills, and otherwise financially … Read the full post
5 Great Movies About Writing
The other night I slammed the brakes on a film—something I rarely do, but this one managed to be … Read the full post
Where Do You Stand on Posthumous Publishing?
The recent obits for Dmitri Nabokov, only child of notorious novelist Vladimir Nabokov, got me thinking … Read the full post
A Conversation with Book Sculptor Brian Dettmer
Artist Brian Dettmer approaches books with knives, tweezers, and blade-sharp ideas about the meanings … Read the full post
Spring Fever: Seasonal Book Picks
An impulsively warm day has me craving a springy read—something literary to match the weather, falling … Read the full post
Literary Names You WOULD Give Your Children
Prompted by the great responses to the earlier rundown of names I’d never give my kids based on … Read the full post
Dinner Table in the Sky: Food Writers
Get the fantasy place cards ready! We’re back around the Dinner Table in the Sky, imagining which … Read the full post
The Confidence Index: Tykwer and Wachowskis’ CLOUD ATLAS
David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas is one of those books you love all the more because the worlds … Read the full post
READING PATHWAYS: David Mitchell
Among the ways I’m grateful to have been introduced to David Mitchell’s novels, one is that I … Read the full post
GENRE KRYPTONITE: Girls in Crumbling Estates
Blame it on Pippi. Early exposure to the pigtailed Longstocking and her fabulously ramshackle Villa … Read the full post
Literary Names I Would Never Give My Children
I suspect we all have a list of names we would never give our children, even though they sound unobjectionable … Read the full post
Stamp by Me: The Rumpus Letters Project
What’s the next arena for literary foment? Try your mailbox. This month, The Rumpus launches their … Read the full post
What Literary Journal Should I Read?
One of my reading goals for this year is to subscribe to a literary quarterly, but when it comes to … Read the full post
